Senior Firmware Engineer Job Trends in Cheshire

Senior Firmware Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Senior Firmware Engineer salary in Cheshire is £56,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Firmware Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 - -
75th Percentile £59,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £56,000 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 731 749 428
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.32% 93.28% 98.17%
Number of salaries quoted 401 423 337
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,100 £23,850
25th Percentile £33,355 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% +6.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £77,500 £65,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Senior Firmware Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Firmware Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Senior Firmware Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Senior Firmware Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Firmware Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Firmware Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire

Senior Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 4 December 2025, Senior Firmware Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Senior Firmware Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing

Senior Firmware Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware